The other day I was driving down the road when I noticed a bumper sticker on the car in front of me that read, “Protect Our Borders Now.”  Apparently the driver of the vehicle is not a fan of illegal immigration.  Normally I would bumper stickers leave my memory as soon as they enter it - its just not that significant to me.  But what was significant - and humorously ironic to me - was the vehicle.  It was an Isuzu Amigo.  Pause here… let it sink in… now laugh.  The driver who dislikes immigrants from Mexico enough to paste this bumper sticker on his car actually drives a car named by Mexicans.  You would think that someone with such a blatant distaste for immigration would drive something different.

My friend Jason Harwell once told me about pulling up to a stop light next to the biggest pickup truck he’d ever had the pleasure of seeing.  This truck was like Bigfoot on steroids and it was painted bright canary yellow.  With the huge tires, the blingin’ rims, and the “heat of a thousand suns” paint job it was a true “look at me” vehicle.  When Jason peered up to see who was driving such a vehicle, he noticed the driver was dressed head to toe in all out camoflauge.  Camoflauge generally communicates that you do not want to be seen.  What is someone who wants to be invisible doing driving a vehicle that demands occular stimulus? 

Its kind of like the driver who cuts you off and almost shaves your bumper with their Christian Fish decal or their WWJD sticker.  I once accidentally cut a guy off on the interstate.  Upon realizing my error I turned around to do the “I’m sorry” look only to be greeted with his middle finger.  My eyes then drifted down to notice his front license plate that read “Clergy.”  The men of the cloth can be real boogers behind the wheel.

I know more than a few people who refuse to put a Christian/Church sticker anywhere on their car because they know their driving behavior will not match the message.  While I want to admire their honesty, I’m not sure that is the answer either.  Perhaps we’d all be better witnesses if police started issuing tickets and fines for hypocrisy.  Its kind of like false advertising.  If Jesus was an American citizen maybe he could sue for defamation of character or something.  Maybe I think too much when I drive.  Either way - if I was a cop I would definitely pull over that Amigo.

Oh the joys of traveling on our nation’s highways and biways.  Do you have a “hypocrisy on the highway” story?  If so, please share by way of commenting.